DXA-4 balance issue

[BennyMonday]

I'm running a Beachtek DXA-4 on a Sony FX-1, with a Rode NTG-2 mic. The mic is connected to the left XLR on the Beachtek, there is no additional mic. There is no mono/stereo swtich on the Beachtek, how do I get to record in stereo from this one mic setup up?
The only switches on the side are the mic/line switches, one for each XLR input and of course the level knobs on the back.
Does anyone one know how to get this to record in stereo? It isn't outlined in the info sheet that came with it.
Cheers

 

[Alex H.]

According to Beachtek's own product info, the DXA-4 has a mono/stereo switch. It's the switch in between the two mic/line switches (labeled S and M, insert joke here:______).

 

[Noiz2]

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how do I get to record in stereo from this one mic setup up?

Well the basic answer is that you can't record stereo with one mic. If your trying to record mono on both tracks of the video (dual mono) then the above post should be of help. But you would probably put the switch in the MONO position since that is what you are recording.

 

[Alex H.]

Well the basic answer is that you can't record stereo with one mic. If your trying to record mono on both tracks of the video (dual mono) then the above post should be of help. But you would probably put the switch in the MONO position since that is what you are recording.

Yeah, I was giving my answer based on the assumption that the OP was using "stereo" as it is so commonly (and mistakenly) used to describe two-channel recording/dual mono.

 

[BennyMonday]

I guess I must have gotten an older model ... no s/m switch.
I read where you can run one mic into the L XLR and then set for mono and the unit will send the L XLR to both channels .... simulating a stereo type effect. The same can be done in post so I guess I have to take that route.
Thanks for the help though.

 

[Alex H.]

I read where you can run one mic into the L XLR and then set for mono and the unit will send the L XLR to both channels .... simulating a stereo type effect.

As has been pointed out... this is not stereo nor is it a "stereo type effect." This is dual mono. Stereo requires spatial imaging between two playback channels of audio.

What you are looking for is a way to record one mic to two channels, and while this is common practice it is not done with the intention of using both channels in editing. The second channel is normally set a few dB lower as a safety in case the first over-modulates. In editing, you should be using only one of the record channels, panned to center.